Drawing Of A Swan Before Memory: Poems - Couverture souple

Browne, Laynie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0820327298 ISBN 13 : 9780820327297

Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 2005

Synopsis

How do we experience the world before memory, before language, before the senses have separated, or before the concepts of “you” and “I” have been distinguished? Laynie Browne investigates both the limits and potential of such an inchoate world in her new book of poetry, Drawing of a Swan Before Memory. In a series of elegant prose poems, Browne guides the reader through the intricate development of human perception, where the haunting vastness of childhood slowly gives way to the defining features of adult cognition. Subtly nuanced verse constructs a world of color before sight and utterance before language—all the while aware that, ironically, language itself makes this ethereal world possible.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

LAYNIE BROWNE is the author of several previous collections of poetry, including Pollen Memory and The Agency of Wind. Among her numerous honors and fellowships, she is a three-time recipient of the Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative American Poetry. She lives in Oakland, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Georgia Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820327298
• ISBN 13: 9780820327297
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
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